James Dyson
James Dyson
Sir James Dyson OM CBE FRS FREngis a British inventor, industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company. He is best known as the inventor of the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2013, his net worth in 2013 was £3 billion...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth2 May 1947
mountain problem life-is
Life is a mountain of solvable problems and I enjoy that.
engineering design natural
Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.
today computer
Today, computers are almost second nature to most of us.
car design racing
Designing aircraft and racing cars is an extremely exciting thing.
order needs passionate
In order to fix it, you need a passionate anger about something that doesn't work well.
evolve show-business
Business is constantly changing, constantly evolving.
designer usability products
Far too few designers put any thought into usability, ending up with a great product that's completely inaccessible.
naysayers different want
If you want to do something different, you’re going to come up against a lot of naysayers.
computer pencils
The computer dictates how you do something, whereas with a pencil you're totally free.
want programming
I just want things to work properly.
giving succeed hindrance
Everyone gets knocked back, no one rises smoothly to the top without hindrance. The ones who succeed are those who say, right, let’s give it another go.
inspiring ideas may
Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them out. But I want to carry them out. It is a matter of getting up and doing it.
engineering government long
Engineering undergraduates should not be charged fees. They should receive grants, not student loans, and the government will get the money back long-term from increased exports.
magic enjoy
Enjoy failure and learn from it. You never learn from success.